The risk of recurrent ischemic stroke can be reduced by managing modifiable risk factors and instituting a regimen of mechanism-specific secondary stroke prevention. Strategies for secondary ...

Indonesian rescuers have recovered wreckage from a missing plane that is believed to have crashed with 11 people on board while approaching a mountainous region on Sulawesi island during cloudy ...

The term “ministroke” can be a bit of a head-scratcher: How can there be a tiny form of a full-blown medical emergency? Thanks to the misleading modifier, it’s often perceived as something you don’t ...

Experts this week identified new risks and issued updated recommendations for preventing strokes, a leading cause of death and disability in the U.S. It's the first time in a decade that health ...

The biggest risk factor for stroke is the same in every country in the world, and it’s also the easiest one to reverse. A colored three-dimensional MRA scan shows internal bleeding (red, centre right) ...

Aubrey Plaza, 40, opened up about having a stroke at 20 years old. It left her temporarily paralyzed and unable to talk. “It was wild,” she said. “It was wild,” she said. “The craziest thing about ...

Twenty years ago scientists discovered fossils of an early human species that stood about 3.5 feet (1.07 meters) tall on the Indonesian island of Flores. Now a new study suggests that the ancestors of ...

Share on Pinterest A new CDC study finds people under 65 are increasingly at risk for having a stroke. Westend61/Getty Images Strokes are increasing among young adults, according to a new report from ...

It came to our attention that the Java application blocker is prompting that self-assigned or untrusted applications have been blocked due to security settings. Due to this issue, some of the ...

The brain activity of a paralyzed woman is being translated into words spoken by an avatar. This milestone could help others who have lost speech. By Pam Belluck Pam Belluck has been reporting on ...

People helping mature woman on city street. Suffering from heat stroke People helping mature woman on city street. Suffering from heat strokeGetty Images/iStockphoto—Olga Yastremska, New Africa, ...